Ax-rack.



R. LfREEDER.

l Ax RACK.

APPLIOATIN FILED PEB.28. 1910. 967,238, Patented Aug. 16,1910.

U H@ M Kim' ii iTED sTATEs ROBERT i.. 'EEEDEIL 0E BLYTHEvILLE, ARKANSAS.

lax-RACK.

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Speccation ofLetters Patent.,` Patented Aug. 1G, 191i@ Application led February 28, 19101 Serial No. 546,526.

To all lwhom it may concern: y

Be it known that l, ROBERT L. REEDEE, a" citizen of the United States, residing at Blytheville, in the county of Mississippi and l State oi' Arkansas, have invented a new and usei'ul fix-Rack, of which the following is a specification. i

it is the object ot this invention to provide a rack, of simple and inexpensive form, adapted to serve at once, to receive and to hold removably, ax helvesupon which the ax heads are hung, and likewise to serve as a receptacle within which ax helves, detached from the heads; may be mounted.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in a receptacle of the class described, a base of novel and improved form, adapted at once to serve as a receptacle in which ax helves may be mounted, and at the same time to serve `as a rack into which ax heads may be inserted.

Another object of the invention is to provide a superstructure adapted to be mounted upon a receptacle and serving, with the receptacle, as a means for retaining both ax helves, and ax heads in which the helves are already mounted.

rlhe drawings show but one form oit' the invention, and it is to be understood that changes, properly falling within the scope of what is claimed, may bemade, without departing from the spirit off the invention.

Similar numerals of reference are eniployed to denote corresponding parts throughout the several iigures of the drawings.

lin the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 is a side elevation ot' the invention, parts thereof being broken away better' to reveal the details of construction; .Fig 2 is a top plan; and Fig. 3 is a ragmental perspective.

That portion of the device which, for convenience, may be denominated the base, consists of a tub 1, comprising a bottom 2 and a side wall 3. The tub 1 is in the present instance shown as being circular in outline, although this form need by no means be rigidly adhered to.

ln the side walls 3 of the tub, are located a plurality of upright slots 4C. A suitable support 5 for the tub is provided, the same being of any desired construction, and, if desired, provided with casters 6. A suitable i bearing 7 unites the tub 1 with the support g 5, so thatthe tub 1 may rotate freely upon i the support. Rising from the tub 1, at spaced intervals about its periphery, are standards 8. These standards 8 may be of any desired 4construction. In the present instance, they are bent at their flower ends, to form rectangularly disposed feet 9,`and these feet 9 extend beneat-h thebottom 2 of the tub and are connec'ted therewith by screws, bolts,V4 or." other suitable attaching elements, denoted generally by the numeral 10. The bodies of the standards 8 are connected in a similar man ner with the side wall 3 of the tub 1. At their upper ends the standards 3 are bent outwardly as shown at 11, substantially at right angles to the bodies of the standards 8, and thence carried diagonally downward as shown at 12, to form angular heads, the lower extremities of which are connected with the intermediate portions of the stand ards 8, by means of bolts la or other suitable securing devices.

In the angle which is formed by the portions 11 of the head, and the bodies of the standards 8, is secured an inner ring 15. An outer ring 16, of larger diameter than the inner ring 15, is secured in the angle defined by the portions 11. and 12 of the heads. Straps 17 are terminally connected with the inner ring 15, and, if desired, with the standards 8 as well, these straps 17 being, as shown in Fig. 2, extended across each other, and interlocled with each other, preferably by twisting, at their points of crossing.

In practical operation, the cutting edge of the head 19 of the ax is inserted through one of the slots l in the side wall 3 of the tub 1. The helve 18 oi' the ax is extended upwardly, and located between the rings 15 and 16, the outer ring 16 serving to engage the helve 18, to prevent the helve from tilting outwardly. Thus, the device may be made to serve as a receptacle for axes in their completed forni. The tub 1 may liliewise be adapted to receive the lower ends of helves 20, upon which the heads are not yet mounted, the helves 20 resting against the inner ring 15, and against the straps 17, the straps serving to separate the device into a plurality of compartments.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is l. A device of the class described consisting of a recept-acle having upright openings in its side wall; standards secured to the side wall of the receptacle'and having their lower ends extended upon the bottom of the receptacle, their upper ends being bent to form angular heads, the extremities of which are secured tothe intermediate portions of the standards; and rings of different diameters supported in the angles of the heads above the receptacle.

2. A device of the class described consisting of standards having their Aupper ends bent to form angular heads, the extremities of which are assembled with the standards intermediate the ends thereof; rings of different diameters supported inthe angles of the heads; and a base secured to the lower ends of the standards and having elements adapted to receive the head of an a'X.

8. A device of the class described consisting of a receptacle having upright openings in its side wall; standards rising from the side wall of the receptacle; rings of differ ent diameters supported upon the standards above the receptacle; and intersecting straps connecting remote points upon the smaller of the said rings, and interlocked with each other at their point of crossing.

t. A Vdevice of the class described comprising a base having elements adapted to receive the head of an ax; standards rising from the base and provided with angular heads; rings of dii'erent diameters mounted in the angles of the heads; and intersecting straps, the ends of which are connected with the smaller of said rings and with the heads. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own7 I have hereto aiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT L. REEDER. Vitnesses J. G. SUDBURY, T. J. MAHAN. 

